Brace Yourselves: A V6 Audi R8 Is Coming
With only the V10 engine from the first-gen R8 carried over to the new model, we couldn’t help but wonder if there’d ever be a model to replace the old N/A V8. There was talk of Audi’s 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 making an appearance, but apparently cooling it in a mid-mounted position was an issue, leaving speculation to focus on a twin-turbo V6. And it seems the V6 option is almost certainly going to happen, but not until 2018, judging by this product schedule leaked by Autobahn.
The schedule merely states ‘R8 V6’, but we can’t imagine it being anything other than the twin-turbo unit. It’ll most likely be the same unit Audi will fit to the next RS4, which recent reports suggested would be good for as much as 480bhp. The reason for an entry-level V6 model? It’s all about the Chinese market, where demand for fancy cars with smaller engines is high.
Other interesting bits of fast Audi news seen on the schedule include the TT RS - which will arrive in April 2017 along with the R8 Spyder - an RS3 saloon appearing in August the same year, and an RS5 arriving at the same time as the V6 R8.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
Soon: 3.0 V6 TDi.
That would be so rad
Fuel Economy fggits are fcking us all over
V6 rwd audi tt should happen
Anyone else wondering what the Q8 will be like ?
r8 with a v6 sounds boring compared to the v10
I thank god that Lamborghini keeps the v10 and v12s for a few years.
Since the V8 was said to be sh*t anyway, this is a good step. A Twin Turbo V6 could, if tuned, threaten the V10.
Really? I’ve not heard much criticism of the v8 block. If anything it’s been proclaimed as one of the best engines ever produced
nsx real rival?
As long as the V10 stays I’m fine with that
Is it just me who is a bit annoyed for some reason that the R8 wasn’t called the R10 when it got the V10 and that it could be named the R6 with R8 V6…
I don’t know might just be me that am about weird but it annoys me.
Just you. Audi’s model system has absolutely nothing to do with cylinder counter nor displacement.